Peter Bergman

Peter Bergman

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Peter Bergman was a founder of Firesign Theatre troupe, a comic quartet that channeled the absurdist sensibility of the countercultural 1960s and '70s into a popular radio show and a series of cult-classic albums. Above, Bergman, top right, and his Firesign Theatre cohorts, clockwise from bottom, Phil Austin, Phil Proctor and Dave Ossman. He was 72. Full obituaryNotable deaths of 2011

Peter Bergman was a founder of Firesign Theatre troupe, a comic quartet that channeled the absurdist sensibility of the countercultural 1960s and '70s into a popular radio show and a series of cult-classic albums. Above, Bergman, top right, and his Firesign Theatre cohorts, clockwise from bottom, Phil Austin, Phil Proctor and Dave Ossman. He was 72. Full obituaryNotable deaths of 2011 (File photo)

Peter Bergman was a founder of Firesign Theatre troupe, a comic quartet that channeled the absurdist sensibility of the countercultural 1960s and '70s into a popular radio show and a series of cult-classic albums. Above, Bergman, top right, and his Firesign Theatre cohorts, clockwise from bottom, Phil Austin, Phil Proctor and Dave Ossman. He was 72. Full obituaryNotable deaths of 2011